Cylinder Bootcamp- 1 Day
Experience Level: MUST KNOW BASIC STEPS OF THROWING A POT! (You don’t have to be good at those steps.) This is not a “from scratch” class!
The cylinder is the basic skill for most forms we create. We are often too quick to jump ahead without teaching our body and brain how to make the perfect cylinder. Sign up for this cylinder intensive. Attempt to throw 8 to 10 PERFECT cylinders…(yeah right). We will be timing and challenging ourselves. You will get to keep 4 cylinders.
$60 current members
$80 former and non members
Screenprinting on Clay-1 Day
Experience Level: Must be able to provide 3 bisqued pieces to print on.
In this workshop, students will learn the basics of screen printing onto clay. Corrine Carr will demonstrate how to prepare & burn a screen, although it must be done in the dark, so this part will not be hands on. Artists will choose from provided screens to print on 3 of their bisqued pieces. Pots must be no larger than 6 x 5 inches
Firing Fees included.
$100 current members
$120 former and non members
Workshops for Potters and Clay Artists
Cracked Pots-1 Day
Experience Level: Must be able to throw a 2lb cylinder without assistance.
Have you seen all those cool pots that look like archeological finds? Those are what we call cracked pots! In this Sodium Silicate Workshop, you will learn several methods to get this cool effect.
Includes 8 oz sodium silicate, firing fees not included (6 cents/cubic inch members, 10-18 cents/cubic inch non members, depending on which glaze you use)
Instructor: Melanie
$100 members
$125 former and non members
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Tesselating with Tiles- 1 Day
Learn how to carve and to replicate one tile that tessellates into a larger design. You will also learn tips for making your own inexpensive tile-making tools and techniques for minimizing warping, for displaying and using your tiles, and more.
Instructor, Theresa Mustafa, has over 13 years experience making tiles, murals, and mosaics for customers throughout the US. www.theresamustafa.com
Participants will learn to make their own tools, get glazing tips, use a handmade tile press and will result in a 6 to 9 tile tessellated design. Fees include all materials & Firing Fees
$225 current members
$275 former and non membersMontclair Mud
10/4 10am-4pm -
Nerikomi- 2 Days
Experience Level: at least 4 weeks of handbuilding or wheel classes, or equivalent
Nerikomi is a decorative process established in Japan that involves stacking colored clay and then slicing through the cross section to reveal a pattern. Nerikomi designs provide a wonderful way to work three dimensionally with patterns and images, or they can become the walls to hand built pots.
During this two day workshop, Tina Burk will guide you in creating a unique pattern and then applying it to a masterpiece.
Firing Fees not included (6 cents/cubic inch members, 10-18 cents/ cubic inch non members, depending on which glaze you use.)$200 current members
$250 former and non membersMadison Mud
10/24 and 10/25 1-4pm -
Raku
Experience Level: Must be able to provide 5 bisqued pieces using Raku Clay.
It’s back! Raku at MUD. Hopefully this revival will last! Join Raku Artist Brett Thomas in an outdoor creative treat. Each artist will be able to glaze and fire 5 pieces at our Madison Mud Location! Pieces should be no bigger than 12” high and 8” wide Limit 15 artists. (Pizza included, but not made in the kiln!) Pots must be created with Raku clay which can be bought at the studio or purchased at Ceramic Supply.
Pieces must be bisqued beforehand, so you would need to make your projects no later than two weeks ahead and leave a note on them that says (RAKU).Glazes will be provided. (No firing fees.)
$175 for current members and non members
Madison Mud
10/17 9am-5pm
11/21 9am-5pm -
Whistle Workshop
Experience Level: No experience necessary!
Learn how to make 3 working clay whistles with Tim Kelley.
$90 current members
$110 former and non membersMadison Mud
11/8 1pm-4pm -
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Free Glaze Workshop- 1 Day
For Current Members ONLY
Struggle with glazing? Learn how to choose and apply the glazes available at the studio for the best results.Montclair Mud
9/13 1-3pm -
Clay Critiques
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